MH130 : Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
270 |
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| Class |
: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order |
: Asterales |
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: Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus |
: Sclerocarpus Jacq. - bonebract |
| Species |
: Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq. |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
In Semadoh,Kolkaz, Dhakna |
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| Plant Category : |
Herbs |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
- |
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| Plant Family : |
Compositae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
African Bonebract, |
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| Synonym : |
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| Description : |
African Bonebract is an annual herb 25-50 cm or more tall, white hairy. Flower-heads are solitary, 0.8-1.2 cm in diameter. Involucre is bell-shaped; outer phyllaries ovate, about 1 cm, tip long-pointed, inner ovate-oblong, shorter than outer, densely velvety below. Ray florets are yellow, 1-seriate, broadly elliptic, apex 2-lobed. Disk florets are velvet-hairy. Leaves are oppositely arranged, alternate in upper part, ovate, 3.5-7 x 1.5-2 cm, both surfaces rough, base narrowing into the stalk, margin toothed, tip pointed or blunt. Seed-pods are oblong, pappus coroniform, of distinct or connate scales. African Bonebract is native to Africa, Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh to Nepal, W. Pakistan and some other parts of India. |
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| Reference : |
~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :
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